State Pension for a Veteran with Paraplegia — $3,000 a Year, Paid Monthly
A separate state pension of $3,000 a year, in equal monthly instalments, for a veteran with paraplegia and complete loss of leg control who the VA lists as totally disabled for that condition, where the condition came from wartime or UN-authorised service.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
A separate state pension of $3,000 a year, in equal monthly instalments, for a veteran with paraplegia and complete loss of leg control who the VA lists as totally disabled for that condition, where the condition came from wartime or UN-authorised service.
What it's worth: $3,000 a year, paid in equal monthly instalments
- The section reads: each veteran with paraplegia eligible for benefits shall receive a pension from the State of $3,000 per year payable in equal monthly instalments at the end of each month in which the veteran is eligible.
- Four things must be evidenced to the Pension Board of Trustees: paraplegia with complete loss of leg control; that the U.S. Veterans Administration lists the veteran as totally disabled for that condition; that the disability arose from armed forces service during an official war or UN-authorised hostilities; and bona fide residence in this state.
- The rating gate used here is the section’s "totally disabled" test as the section states it. A veteran paid at the total rate through unemployability should apply and let the Board rule rather than assume the answer.
- The veteran must notify the Pension Board immediately if the disability status changes, and ceases to be eligible from that point.
Who is entitled to it
- The provision is written for the person who served.
- A total disability rating is the level the section is written around.
- Your home is in this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Ask the Office of Veterans Services which office now takes the filing for the Pension Board — the section names the Board, not a public-facing application desk.
- 2Get a VA letter that states the condition and that you are rated as totally disabled for it. The section ties eligibility to how the VA lists the disability, so the wording of the letter is the case.
- 3Prove the wartime or UN-authorised service link. The section requires the disability to stem from service during an official war or hostilities authorised by the United Nations — peacetime paraplegia is outside it as written.
- 4Keep the residency evidence current: bona fide residence in this state is a condition of the pension, not just of the application.
- 5Report any change in disability status straight away. The section imposes that duty on the veteran and ends eligibility when the status changes.
- Form
- Evidence filed with the Pension Board of Trustees
- File with
- Pension Board of Trustees
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter · va rating decision · dd214
- Automatic until something changes
- Granted once and carried forward. You must report a change in ownership, occupancy or status.
Sources
- authority · statute20 Del. C. §1001 — Pension benefits (Veterans with Paraplegia)
- operating · published policyOffice of Veterans Services — Veterans Benefits (pension for paraplegic veterans)
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